The North Carolina Department of Health and Human Services released their daily update involving COVID-19 cases within the state.
As of Thursday, there are now 388,106 PCR positive cases and 27,977 antigen positive cases, 2,444 people hospitalized and 5,714 COVID-19 related deaths.
That is 5,556 new total cases and 53 additional deaths from Wednesday.
A total of 5,778,458 total COVID-19 tests have been completed in North Carolina.
Here's the breakdown of confirmed cases in local areas:
| TOTAL CASES | NEW CASES TODAY | TOTAL DEATHS | NEW DEATHS TODAY | CURRENTLY HOSPITALIZED | CHANGE IN HOSPITALIZATIONS | COMPLETED TESTS | NEW TESTS COMPLETED SINCE YESTERDAY | |
| NC STATE TOTALS | 416,083 | 5,556 | 5,714 | 53 | 2,444 | 4 | 5,778,458 | 46,683 |
| BERTIE COUNTY | 1,001 | 6 | 26 | 0 | ||||
| CAMDEN COUNTY | 219 | 5 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| CHOWAN COUNTY | 691 | 2 | 19 | 1 | ||||
| CURRITUCK COUNTY | 445 | 14 | 6 | 1 | ||||
| DARE COUNTY | 752 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| GATES COUNTY | 264 | 2 | 10 | 0 | ||||
| HERTFORD COUNTY | 1,105 | 27 | 42 | 0 | ||||
| NORTHAMPTON COUNTY | 901 | 11 | 27 | 1 | ||||
| PASQUOTANK COUNTY | 1,245 | 30 | 35 | 0 | ||||
| PERQUIMANS COUNTY | 389 | 8 | 4 | 0 | ||||
| LOCAL TOTALS | 7,012 | 113 | 177 | 3 |